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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
2
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture reports on farm changes from 25 years of data, noting a shift from corn to sorghum, larger yields with fewer farmers, and wheat tests showing Douglas County grain in high weight and mid protein brackets, reflecting demand for high protein flour.
The article surveys public scrutiny of Vice President Nixon amid a year of political summing up. It notes Nixon has grown in stature, earned public trust, and handled emergencies without pretension while facing a campaign to erase him from public life rooted in his Hiss exposure.
The Journal-World notes this may be Senator Kefauver’s last presidential bid while the Kansas City Kansan reflects on past campaigns. It recalls the colorful elder campaign of William Henry Harrison with “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” and suggests such flamboyance may reappear in future elections.
The piece notes Christmas lingers with decorations and gifts, then shifts to post holiday tasks such as settling bills. It forecasts tax season and a new year bringing hopes and opportunities, urging readers to roll with the times.
The governor argues a budget statement is illogical and quips that in some cases two plus two makes four, though critics doubt the math. He hints at fiscal relativity while dismissing absurdities in the budget debate.
James Marlow notes that postwar optimism faded as cold weather lights a colder mood. The public questions where history leads, watching Khrushchev clash with Eisenhower while nations build bigger weapons. The average person longs for security and a long life in uncertain times.
Hal Boyle offers a satirical New Year Eve guide contrasting wild party scenes with a safe, sensible home gathering. It describes staged rituals, prohibition tone, and cautionary humor about avoiding drink driving, ending with a memory that lasts long after the night.
The McGuffey Readers, first published a century ago, are being reissued for schools nationwide. They are praised for building moral strength and ethical education, while remaining engaging for pupils. A note cites the readers as a powerful American educational instrument. The piece hints revisions must preserve virtues for broad adoption.
A fragmented reader note mocks growing population and personal liberty with satirical lines about babies, fashion, and self pity. The piece jokes about responsibility while weaving casual social commentary and whimsy on daily life.
Questions discuss Senate cloture since 1890 and House rules. A query notes possible change to typewriter keyboard: re arranges letters by frequency for finger efficiency. Scientists explain Earth's polar flattening as from rapid early spinning when surface was liquid.
Washington gossip centers on Mrs. Dickson Yates a White House staff secretary and secretary to ex Governor Howard Pyle now Eisenhower special assistant for federal relations She rose from Gastonia NC to DC via civil service and USO work before meeting husband Dickson Yates a Baltimore auto dealer The piece notes her apolitical stance and long tenure in the West Wing buzz surrounds the Dixon Yates name and a 1950s political milieu.
Old Home Town notes Sgt Oscar Rumsey with azores service arrives to visit his parents Mr and Mrs C B Rumsey. Others visiting include Mr and Mrs Harold Howe in Hutchinson and Mrs F M Tidrow of Ventura Calif with her parents. Gerald Puckett discharged from Navy after Pacific duty aboard USS Indiana. Reverend Ernest L Snodgrass resigns to take a Chicago charge. Mrs F H Roberts dies. Everett Buhler Lloyd Ware Jr take over Lawrence airport. Probate judge Jan 15 duties resume by Lt Frank Gray. City commission expects Chamber of Commerce to repay 1265 rent for Community Building. Grace Light hosts guests from New York City and out of town visitors. Leah Kircher named hospital superintendent. Robbery of Charles Nuffer at Rowland's Book Store. Topeka kidnapping outcome. Birth of Leah Maxine Dec 27. Christmas events and luncheons listed with local society names.
In San Antonio Texas Prissy the pet parakeet owned by Dr and Mrs Orin McMillan repeatedly tore its breast feathers and wounded its claw. After a doctor sewed the wound and it reopened, Mrs McMillan fashioned a nylon vest for Prissy. The garment protected the bird and the wound healed.
Radio and TV program listings show WDAF KMBC WREN WAU and others airing News, Sports, Music, and entertainment blocks. Between 6:00 pm and 1:00 am stations present basketball games, boxing, dance, variety shows, movies, and late news whileSunday into January features religious programming and New Year countdowns.
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